5．I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr Burke Afterward，I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it．
I came straight home from school，went to my room，and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or af ter supper．Mostly I wished I was dead It wasn't even an accident that I cheated． It wasn't even an accident that I cheated．
Yesterday Mr．Burke announced there'd be a unit test and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday，most particularly me，since I didn't pass the last unit test I did plan to study just to prove to him that I'm plenty smart-which I am．mostly-except in math．
Anyway，I got my desk ready to study on．Just when I was ready to work，Nicho came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor．What a mess!Nicho and I finally took the rabbit outside but then Philip came to my room and also Marty from next door and before long it was dinner．
After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework．Of course I said I had．That was the beginning．I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework．
It was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the unit test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day when I was m Mr．Burke's math class not knowing the 8-and 9-times tables．
So，you see，the cheating was planned after all．
The next day，I'd go into class as usual，acting like things were going just great．I'd sit down next to Stanley Plummer-he is so smart in math it makes you sick-and from time to time，I'd glance over at his paper to copy the answers．Everything was okay except that my stomach was upside down and I wanted to die．
The fact is，I couldn't believe what I'd done．in cold blood．I began to wonder about myself．I've never been a wonderful kid that everybody in the world loves．I have a bad temper and I like to have my own way and I argue a lot．Sometimes I can be mean．But most of the time I've thought of myself as a pretty decent kid．Mostly I work hard，I care for little kids，and I tell the truth．Now all of a sudden I've turned into this criminal．It's hard to believe I'm just a boy．And all because of one stupid math test．
Lying on the floor of my room，I begin to think that probably I've been bad all along．It just took this math test to clinch it．I'll probably never tell the truth again．
I tell my mother I'm sick when she calls me to come down for dinner．She doesn't believe me，but puts me to bed anyhow．1lie there in the early winter darkness wondering what terrible thing I'll be doing next when my father comes in and sits down on my bed．
"What's the matter？"he asks．"I've got a stomachache，"I say．Luckily，it's too dark to see his face．"Is that all？""Yeah．""Mommy says you've been in your room since school．""I was sick there too，"I say．"She thinks something happened today and you're upset．"That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother．She knows things sitting inside my head the same as if I was turned inside out．
"Well，"my father says．I can tell he doesn't believe me．"My stomach is feeling sort of upset．"I hedge．"Okay，"he says and he pats my leg and gets up．
Just as he shuts the door to my room I call out to him in a voice I don't even recognize as my own．"How come？"he calls back not surprised or anything．So I tell him I cheated on this math test．To tell the truth，I'm pretty much surprised at myself．I didn't plan to tell him anything．
He doesn't say anything at first and that just about kills me．I'd be fine if he'd spank me or something．And then he says I'll have to call Mr．Burke．It's not what I had in mind．"Now？"I ask surprised．"Now，"he says．He turns on the light and pulls off my covers．"I'm not going to，"I say．
But I do it．I call Mr．Burke，and I tell him exactly what happened，even that I decided to cheat the night before the test．He says I'll come on Saturday to take another test，which is okay with me，and I thank him a whole lot for being understanding and all．
"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal，"I tell my father when he turns out my light．
Sometimes my father kisses me good night and sometimes he doesn't．I never know．But tonight he does．
55．After the author cheated on the math test，he feltD．
A．pleased that nobody knew it
B．excited that he had succeeded
C．frightened because he might be caught
D．unhappy because he had done something wrong
56．By saying"It wasn't even an accident that I cheated"，the author means thatC．
A．he had planned not to study before the test
B．he had planned to cheat with Plummer before the test
C．he decided to cheat after he had wasted the whole evening
D．he decided to cheat when he knew there was going to be a test
57．Before the cheating，the author thought thatD．
A．he was a bad boy in everything
B．he always did what he was told
C．he was a boy that everyone loved
D．he was a decent child but not perfect
58．The author thinks his mother often drives him crazy becauseC．
A．she is very strict with him
B．she doesn't care for him actually
C．She always knows what he is thinking
D．she always tells him to look after himself
59．After he was informed of what he had done，the fatherD．
A．scolded the author severely
B．didn't say anything and left
C．called Mr．Burke immediately
D．let the author make a call to Mr．Burke
60．The author's father kissed the author good night becauseD．
A．he had done something unusual
B．he promised to study math harder
C．he was willing to take a make-up test
D．he realized his mistake and had the courage to admit it．
分析 本文介绍作者在学校通知要单元测试后，害怕失败而作弊，但事后因为作弊感到无比自责，最后在爸爸的帮助下者意识到自己的错，敢于承认了错误．
解答 55．D．细节理解题．根据文章第一段"I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it．"可知作者认为自己做错了，感到很难过．故选D．
56．C．推理预测题．根据文章"Anyway，I got my desk ready to study on．"和"the cheating was planned after all．"可知，作者想作弊是有计划的，有预谋的，这不是偶然的．故选C．
57．D．细节理解题．根据文章第八段"I've never been a wonderful kid that everybody in the world loves"和"most of the time I've thought of myself as a pretty decent kid．"可知，作者在作弊前认为自己是个相当不错的孩子，只是不够完美．故选D．
58．C．细节理解题．根据文章第九段"She thinks something happened today and you're upset．"That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother．"可知，妈妈总是知道他在想什么．故选C．
59．D．细节理解题．根据文章倒数第三段"And then he says I'll have to call Mr．Burke．"可知，爸爸让作者打电话给Burke先生．故选D
60．D．推理预测题．根据文章最后一段"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal，"I tell my father when he turns out my light．"可知，爸爸让作者意识到自己的错，敢于承认错．故选D．
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